This is due to Xero's lower starting price ($13 per month, compared to $15 per month for QuickBooks), in addition to Xero offering unlimited users across all plans. Xero offers better rated pricing than QuickBooks with a score of 3.5/5 compared to QuickBooks' 3/5. This larger range of apps allows a business to offer precise functionality to each employee, with separate apps for: authentication, document scanning, project accounting, expense management, payroll, and general accounting. Xero has six iOS apps, QuickBooks and Wave each offer two, while Freshbooks and Zoho Books each only offer one. Our researchers gave Xero an impressive overall score of 4.5/5, thanks to perfect scores for all of the core feature categories. However, thanks to its wealth of features and support, QuickBooks remains the best accounting software for a business manager who wants to handle accounting, invoicing, expense-tracking, and (with a paid add-on) the company payroll from their sleek Mac computer.

Accounts payable features are missing from the two lowest tier plans, while inventory and budget management tools are restricted to the highest two tiers. However, its pricing isn't the best (3/5).

Support is another area QuickBooks excels at, earning a near-perfect research score (4.7/5) with an online database and live chat for all plans, plus 24/7 phone and email support for Advanced users. QuickBooks also offers a wide range of integrations with many common Mac-friendly retail services, like POS systems (Vend, Lightspeed, Square) or email marketing (Constant Contact, MailChimp, ActiveCampaign).

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